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Retired | News junkie (failed rehab)| Lifelong Dem 🌊 |Child-free Cat Lady emerita (RIP, Teddy🐈)| Mediocre rose🌷gardener & acoustic guitarist | Introvert in the streets; extrovert in the skeets | A lesbian 🏳️‍🌈 so not looking for a man or MAGAts)| #Resistance

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AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · Jan 23

We #Resistance members know the (new) assignment:
> Speak up to elected officials, corporations, & news media.
> Join/donate to candidates & activist groups.
> Vote with your wallet: boycott the bad, buy from the good.
> Stay informed, verify news accuracy, & amplify critical issues.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 12h

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 11h

Good info — news you can use

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 11h

Would make a good protest poster.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 11h

And Churchill, too.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 11h

Interesting…

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

Michigan Avenue right now.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 13h

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 15h

Antifa bake sales have been a funding goldmine.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 23h

By Ann Landers' definitions, we appear to be at fascism, with the gates open for a slide to Nazism.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing better than music, art, cinema, literature, theater, etc. when overcome by the world's insanity.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 1d

She earned the title yet again today.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 1d

Joseph Goebbels reincarnated.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 1d

Because if she tells the truth, Trump will fire her.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 1d

It would be the cosmic version of tripping over the ottoman. 😉

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Attention, Protest Participants!🚨

Take a look at ACLU's training video on
Know Your Rights
and
De-escalation
Great info!

drive.google.com/file/d/1X6YR...

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Sue Massa @smassa.bsky.social · 1d

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 2d

And people against anti-fa are indeed fa.

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AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Attention, Resisters!🚨

Tonight: ACLU phone-in training on Protest Rights & De-escalation

Sign in below…

act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

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Citizen Jane @rivergoat.bsky.social · 2d

Cruelty is the point.

If you’re going in the States and your Congressperson is a Republican, call 909 321-5643 and get transferred to leave a message for them to sign Discharge Bill to #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.
#USDemocracy #Pinks

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA logic… or lack thereof.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Attention, Resisters!🚨

Tonight: ACLU phone-in training on Protest Rights & De-escalation

Sign in below…

act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas.

Illinois and Chicago sue the Trump administration over National Guard deployment

The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas.

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 3d

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fintechernest.bsky.social @fintechernest.bsky.social · 3d

AKM in Maryland @aminmd.bsky.social · 3d

For some reason, this week's photo of a Chicago girl being cuffed reminded me of another girl, in "Schindler's List."